similes

similes

What are similes?

• A simile is a fixed informal / colloquial expression of comparison using AS or LIKE

• Similes add emphasis to an adjective, adverb or verb

Example:

• I think Jane's underweight for her age. She is as light as a feather.

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Complete the following sentences...

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My husband's as stubborn as a _____. He refuses to go to the doctor about his bad back.

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She's as white as a ______ . I think she's going to faint.

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He's as sick as a _______He should go to the hospital and see a doctor.

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He's as deaf as a _____. You'll have to speak up a little.

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She sleeps like a _____. I don't think she's ever had problmes with insomnia.

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Your mother's as blind as a ______. I think she should get her eyes tested.

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She's been as good as _____. She took all her medicine without making any fuss.

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My new medication works like a _____. I feel a hundred times better.

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When I pressed the button the nurse came as quick as a ______, and immediately changed my IV bag, which was running out.

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My son eats like a _____ I sometimes think he has worms.